Saving Mr. Banks by Emma Thompson
With an ear tuned to the most delicate musical effects, an eye for exact and heterogeneous details, and a mind bent on experiment, Louis Zukofsky was preeminent among the radical Objectivist poets of the 1930s. This is the first collection to draw on the full range of Zukofsky's poetry----containing short lyrics, versions of Catullus, and generous selections from A, his 24-part poem of a life--and provides a superb introduction to a modern master of whom the critic Guy Davenport has written: Every living American poet worth a hoot has stood aghast before the steel of his integrity. The most formally radical poet to emerge among the second wave of American modernists, Louis Zukofsky continues to influence younger poets attracted to the rigor, inventiveness, and formal clarity of his work. Born on New York's Lower East Side in 1904 to emigrant parents, Zukofsky achieved early recognition when he edited an issue of Poetry devoted to the Objectivist poets, including George Oppen and Charles Reznikoff. In addition to an abundance of short lyrics and a sound-based version of the complete poems of Catullus, he worked for most of his adult life on the long poem A of which he said: In a sense the poem is an autobiography: the words are my life. Zukofsky's work has been described as difficult although he himself said: I try to be as simple as possible. In the words of editor Charles Bernstein, This poetry leads with sound and you can never go wrong following the sound sense. . . . Zukofsky loved to create patterns, some of which are apparent and some of which operate subliminally. . . . Each word, like a stone dropped in a pond, creates a ripple around it. The intersecting ripples on the surface of the pond are the pattern of the poem. Here for the first time is a selection designed to introduce the full range of Zukofsky's extraordinary poetry. About the American Poets ProjectElegantly designed in compact editions, printed on acid-free paper, and textually authoritative, the American Poets Project makes available the full range of the American poetic accomplishment, selected and introduced by today's most discerning poets and critics.
Emma Thompson is an Oscar-winning screenwriter and actress who lives in London and Argyll. Her father was Eric Thompson, the man behind The Magic Roundabout, and she remembers him reading Beatrix Potter's tales to her and her sister in his best Dougal voice. We would always want The Tale of Mr. Tod, which is lengthy and satisfyingly spooky. He would always read The Tale of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, which has about three words on each page. But--thanks to Potter's genius--we were never, ever disappointed.
Eleanor Taylor grew up in Scotland and England, and has a great affinity for the countryside of both places, which is beautifully reflected in the engaging characters and beautiful scenes illustrated in this book.
Eleanor Taylor grew up in Scotland and England, and has a great affinity for the countryside of both places, which is beautifully reflected in the engaging characters and beautiful scenes illustrated in this book.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 0786936839739 |
| Title | Saving Mr. Banks |
| Format | AC-3 Colour Dolby Dubbed DVD-Video Subtitled Widescreen NTSC |
| Region Code | 2 |
| Running time | 404 |
| Studio | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment |
| Audience Rating | To Be Announced |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| Actor | Rachel Griffiths |
| Actor | Jason Schwartzman |
| Director | John Lee Hancock |
| Actor | Kathy Baker |
| Actor | Emma Thompson |
| Actor | B.J. Novak |
| Actor | Paul Giamatti |
| Actor | Bradley Whitford |
| Actor | Tom Hanks |
| Actor | Ruth Wilson |
| Actor | Colin Farrell |